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Preliminary gap analysis of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/67334 (2009-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Other governments, relevant organizations, and indigenous and local communities

It is my pleasure to inform you that the preliminary gap analysis is now accessible from http://www.ipbes.net/Documents/UNEP_GC_25_INF_30.pdf. All other documents related to this review process, including a template, can be found at http://www.ipbes.net.

Participation in the second round of the online informal consultations on resource mobilization, 19 and 20 October 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90563 (2022-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

Participation in the online informal consultations on resource mobilization, 7 and 9 June 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90326 (2022-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

POSTPONEMENT - Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Eastern European as well as Central and West Asian Countries

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85236 (2016-005)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Oman, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yemen

Outcomes of the thirty-second meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington DC, USA, 14-16 November 2007

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/60872 (2007-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to convey, for your information, the outcomes of the thirty-second meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - the designated institutional structure operating the financial mechanism of the Convention.

Online workshop with the financial sector: Aligning financial flows with the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 9 December 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/OC/GD/89986 (2021-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, financial sector representatives, businesses, UN agencies, IGOs, NGOs and other relevant international stakeholders

Online Workshop: The financial sector and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 17 and 18 June 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OC/GD/89438 (2021-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, financial sector representatives, businesses, UN agencies, IGOs, NGOs and other relevant international stakeholders

Online IDB Dialogue on International Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 21-22 May 2015

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84676 (2015-055)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols, cc: Relevant stakeholder organizations

Online Forum on the Contribution of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization, 1-15 May 2015

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84650 (2015-047)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols and relevant stakeholder organizations

Note on the 2011 African Briefing and Report on the 3rd Expert Meeting on the Green Development Initiative

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/72402 (2011-219)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

I have the honor of transmitting to you the information note and report prepared by Earthmind, on behalf of the Green Development Initiative. The information note and report are transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.

Nominations for the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Nominations for the international technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 to 7 May 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for South Asia, 16-18 September 2015 - New Delhi, India

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/LZ/84820 (2015-076)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for French Speaking African Countries, 1-2 December 2015 – Dakar, Senegal

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85097 (2015-121)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia

Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for East European as well as Central and West Asian Countries, 25-26 January 2016 – Tbilisi, Georgia

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85236 (2015-146)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Oman, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yemen

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Resource Mobilization for CARICOM Member States, 18 - 21 May 2015 - St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84346 (2015-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points of : Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for the Pacific Region 5-6 October 2015 – Avarua, Cook Islands

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84960 (2015-098)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Spanish-speaking Central America and Caribbean Countries. 26-27 October 2015 – San Jose, Costa Rica

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85007 (2015-105)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Southeast Asia, 30 November - 1 December 2015, Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85010 (2015-110)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for South America, 12-13 November 2015 – Lima, Peru

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85008 (2015-106)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for English Speaking African Countries, 24-25 November 2015 – Entebbe, Uganda

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85070 (2015-112)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Nomination of experts to prepare a report on the full assessment of funding necessary and available for the implementation of the Convention for the period July 2018 to June 2022

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84244 (2015-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization Focal Points, International Non-governmental Organizations

Nomination of experts for the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Methodological and Implementation Guidance for the “Indicators for Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention’s Strategy for Resources Mobilization”

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/78858 (2012-023)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocol

Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84107 (2014-132)
To: All National Focal Points

Launching of CBD-UNDP Regional Technical Support Nodes on Financial Planning and Reporting

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/86083 (2016-143)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Launch of the upcoming ‘Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project’ (GBF-EAS Project) and Help Desk

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90393 (2022-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, November 16 - 18, 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/74432 (2010-208)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points

The thirty-ninth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 16-18 November 2010 in Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, November 10-12, 2009

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/69615 (2009-157)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points

The thirty-sixth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 10-12 November 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, June 29 – 1 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72592 (2010-131)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points, and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

The thirty-eighth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 29 June - 1 July 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Joint Summary of the Chairs of the 41st GEF Council Meeting, 8-10 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-216)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The forty-first meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 8-9 November 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 40 project concepts and nine programmatic approaches, with total resources amountin ...

Joint Summary of the Chairs and Highlights of the 40th GEF Council Meeting, 24-26 May 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-114)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The fortieth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 24-26 May 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 14 project concepts and one programmatic approach, including 4 biodiversity projects, wit ...

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to the Strategy for Resource Mobilization and the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/DC/KNM/fb/80164 (2012-090)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Invitation to the Discussion Forum and Webinar on "The Strong Economic Case for Financing Biodiversity", 22 June 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/89655 (2021-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Invitation to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to voluntarily assume the obligations of the developed country Parties in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/91073 (2023-063)
To: CBD national focal points

International technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 - 7 May 2015 - Mexico City, Mexico, Selection of Participants

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points

International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms, Bonn, Germany, 27-29 January 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/67975 (2009-081)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to announce that an International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 27-29 January 2010.

International Workshop on Financing for Biodiversity, 18-19 August 2014 – Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/PP/lz/83606 (2014-094)
To: CBD Focal Points

International Workshop on Financing for Biodiversity, 18-19 August 2014 - Ittingen, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/PP/83606 (2014-080)
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Initial review of the draft document concerning review of the guidance to the financial mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/69233 (2009-138)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to attach an important document for your initial review prior to formally distributing it for consideration by the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-3) to be held in Nairobi from 24-28 May 2010, in response to pa ...

Initial GEF-4 indicative allocations for all countries eligible for funding in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas

Reference: SCBD/ITS/AD/YX/55968 (2006-097)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Please find attached a document listing the initial GEF-4 indicative allocations for all countries eligible for funding in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas, which was issued by the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility on 15 September 2006.

Information Note on the Green Development Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72402 (2010-124)
To: Africa’s National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of the Convention

I have the honour of transmitting to you the information note prepared by the Green Development Mechanism (GDM) 2010 Initiative with respect to its institutional characters. The information note is transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.

Informal consultations on the development of the strategy for resource mobilization to support implementation of the Convention, 13 October 2007, Joke Waller-Hunter Conference Room, SCBD, Montreal, Canada.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59282 (2007-090)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

Pursuant to Recommendation 2/2, paragraph 2(b), of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), the Executive Secretary is inviting Parties, other Governments, regional economic integration groups, partner organizations, donors ...

Informal Dialogue on the CBD Strategy for Resource Mobilization, 17-18 September 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/80460 (2012-113)
To: All CBD National Focal Points and CBD Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Independent mid-term review of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (RAF)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JS/64588 (2008-098)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points

The GEF Evaluation Office is currently conducting an online survey as part of the mid-term review of the RAF. I am pleased to forward to you herewith a message from the GEF Evaluation Office, which contains a link to the online survey (http://www.surveymk.com//s.aspx?sm=aEMrnMQ2Q38exsvL_2fuE0vg ...

High-level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for implementing the Strategic Plan Opens Consultations with Parties

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/80446 (2012-103)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Global dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/fb/77988 (2012-004)
To: All intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

Global Environment Facility established Trust Fund for Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) on 17 March 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/75387 (2011-060)
To: All Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols

I am very pleased to inform you that, at the initiative of Japan, the GEF Council has established, on 17 March 2011, a dedicated Trust Fund for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization. The Trust Fund for Na ...

GEF-6 Questionnaire for Financial Needs Assessment

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/ESE/fb/77838 (2011-195)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to enclose herewith a simple questionnaire (http://www.cbd.int/financial/doc/gef-6-needs-assessment-questionnaire-en.xls) to assist you in assessing funds needed for the implementation of the Convention for the sixth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-6).

Fourth Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/ES/LZ/81635 (2013-027)
To: CBD Focal Points